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In this section you will find some examples of applications developed by the European Institutions, agencies and other bodies (identified by the EU flag) as well as third parties. Explore our apps gallery, and discover the potential of EU open data.

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MEPranking

MEPranking.eu is a web app that shows you how hard members of the European Parliament are working for you.You can browse the site to see where each MEP ranks within...... more

MEPranking.eu is a web app that shows you how hard members of the European Parliament are working for you.

You can browse the site to see where each MEP ranks within their political group, country or parliamentary committee. For a different view, the ‘MEP by MEP’ search box will take you to an MEP’s profile page. This page gives a detailed rundown of their parliamentary activities, plus a full and printable weekly activity report with easily readable charts.

The site is updated weekly with live European Parliament data on all activities that MEPs carry out:

the debates and votes they attend

the amendments they draft

the speeches they write and give

the written questions they table

and more besides.

The score MEPs receive for parliamentary reports and opinions depends on the time and effort they put into them. There are 9 types of report in all, each with its own challenges. The scoring system takes account of this and of the roles an MEP can have in this process.

MEPranking is available in English.

This is a third-party application. According to the legal notice, the Commission services have no control and assume no responsibility for this application.

Unigraph is a large, open knowledge graph that combines information from knowledge bases such as Wikidata and Freebase with information published by the European Union and...... more

Unigraph is a large, open knowledge graph that combines information from knowledge bases such as Wikidata and Freebase with information published by the European Union and national authorities such as the UK's Companies House and US Securities and Exchange Commission. The list of its sources is constantly growing.

The unified data can be downloaded free of charge, for anyone to explore.

Unigraph, which took 3rd place in the EU Datathon 2017, offers a powerful API stack with many options for querying and extracting information, including real-time data streaming. This API provides the easiest and most efficient way to query large amounts of connected data. Many data points in Unigraph push virtually infinite data (on the climate or on trading, for instance). The system stores and retrieves these data efficiently.

The Unigraph engine is available in English.

This is a third-party application. According to the legal notice, the Commission services have no control and assume no responsibility for this application.

MEPvote.eu is a user-friendly app that lets you see how individual Members vote in the European Parliament and why they vote in a particular...... more

MEPvote.eu is a user-friendly app that lets you see how individual Members vote in the European Parliament and why they vote in a particular way.

After each vote is held, Members explain the reasons for their choice in writing. Not only does MEPvote collate all available voting data back to 2009, but it also shows MEPs' explanations for their votes.

There are 4 options in the main menu:

ALL VOTES - final vote result, vote parameters and all voting results by political group and country

VOTE BY STATE - votes of individual MEPs from a particular country

VOTE BY GROUP - votes of individual MEPs from a particular political group

‘VOTE BY MEP - all the personal data in the public domain and all the votes of the MEP selected.

All these options interact with each other. This makes it easy for you to:

explore all aspects of a vote

apply search filters

focus on particular themes or periods of time.

You can also download minutes and other documents.

MEPvote is available in English.

This is a third-party application. According to the legal notice, the Commission services have no control and assume no responsibility for this application.

What do the EU institutions purchase through the public procurement system, what are their buying preferences, and what are their contracts over time? What do they buy under...... more

What do the EU institutions purchase through the public procurement system, what are their buying preferences, and what are their contracts over time? What do they buy under particular contracts, and what suppliers do they use? What opportunities are already online, and what opportunities can we expect in the future?

The C4P Platform – winner of the EU Datathon 2017 - answers these questions and more. It will familiarise you with the EU market in a few clicks, providing a comprehensive overview of that market and a detailed analysis of buyers, suppliers, service areas and individual opportunities.

C4P generates information by applying data analytics to EU public sector procurement data from ted.europa.eu (TED) and the European Commission’s Financial Transparency System. It is automatically brought up to speed minutes after the relevant Commission datasets have been updated.

C4P aims to help businesses shape their EU account strategy through evidence-based reports. It supports firms throughout the opportunity lifecycle, from commercial strategy definition to proposal and content management.

The app is available in English

This is a third-party application. According to the legal notice, the Commission services have no control and assume no responsibility for this application.

Over 80% of the members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have a Twitter account and most tweet daily.
MEP Twitter collects all current MEPs’ tweets in (almost) real time...... more

Over 80% of the members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have a Twitter account and most tweet daily.
MEP Twitter collects all current MEPs’ tweets in (almost) real time and has a powerful search facility.
But it’s more than a database of tweets – it can generate statistics on trending topics and the most mentioned users over different time periods.
It also provides statistics on which political issues have attracted a flurry of tweets and what issues MEPs are discussing at any given time.
Find out which MEPs and/or party groups are most active on Twitter and what they’re writing about.

This is a third-party application. According to the legal notice, the Commission services have no control and assume no responsibility for this application.

The Legislative Train Schedule guides you through the twists and turns of European legislation.
The application allows you to follow the progress of a number of...... more

The Legislative Train Schedule guides you through the twists and turns of European legislation.
The application allows you to follow the progress of a number of legislative files during President Juncker’s five-year-term, from 2014 to 2019.
It uses railways, trains, and carriages as metaphors.
The journey starts when a piece of legislation arrives at the Parliament. Clicking on a carriage reveals all the details of a proposal, such as the priority it is linked to and the MEP responsible for steering it through Parliament. It's also possible to see which proposals are blocked and where.

Who are the biggest spenders on EU lobbying? Is there a balance between corporate and public interest lobbying? Are lobbyists spending more or less than last year? LobbyFacts...... more

Who are the biggest spenders on EU lobbying? Is there a balance between corporate and public interest lobbying? Are lobbyists spending more or less than last year? LobbyFacts can help you
answer these kinds of questions, and more.
LobbyFacts.eu provides the tools you need to search, sort, compare and analyse official EU data on lobbying – from both present and past – to track lobbyists and their influence at the EU level.
Example uses include creating a history of a particular organisation's lobbying or finding out who's held the most meetings with high-level Commission officials.

This is a third-party application. According to the legal notice, the Commission services have no control and assume no responsibility for this application.

What is the EU doing for you?
Politix EU answers the question and shows how the policies passed by the EU institutions shape our everyday lives, even though we might not...... more

What is the EU doing for you?
Politix EU answers the question and shows how the policies passed by the EU institutions shape our everyday lives, even though we might not see it.
It describes in plain and simple language proposed EU laws, giving their background info and the key interest groups involved. It also provides a detailed list of lobbyists, a blog and a newsletter.
From roaming charges to food labelling for meat products and free movement of people across member states — what the EU legislates is everywhere if you look closer.
The project is part of Advocate Europe (an annual idea challenge for European initiatives and projects) and partnered with the European Student Think Tank, a student-led international platform for sharing ideas and thoughts about the European Union.

This is a third-party application. According to the legal notice, the Commission services have no control and assume no responsibility for this application.

If we understand how governments spend public money, we can have a say in how that money is used. OpenSpending is the tool that can help us to do that.
It is an open...... more

If we understand how governments spend public money, we can have a say in how that money is used. OpenSpending is the tool that can help us to do that.
It is an open resource for people and groups who wish to track and analyse public financial information (budgets, spending, balance sheets, procurement etc.).
To help you do this more easily, OpenSpending comes with a very useful set of tools that provide the understanding – technical, financial, political – needed to work with financial information of this type.

This is a third-party application. According to the legal notice, the Commission services have no control and assume no responsibility for this application.

Published: 11/11/2016

Author: OpenSpending Community

Charge: FREE

Data Source: Multiple data sources

Functionality: Data visualisation, Database, Information analysis

Platform: Web Application

Subject: Transparency, Public spending , Financial information, Open Knowledge International

Memopol enables users to follow the views and voting records of members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and the French Parliament, especially on some specific issues related...... more

Memopol enables users to follow the views and voting records of members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and the French Parliament, especially on some specific issues related to fundamental freedoms. Unlike other similar tools, Memopol tries to bridge the gap between politics and citizens by listing contact details for each Member of Parliament.
Want to get involved? Volunteers can upload public statements by politicians. Or, if you have IT skills, you can also help develop the site.

This is a third-party application. According to the legal notice, the Commission services have no control and assume no responsibility for this application.